Roles of local insti tutions on the performance of chagga homegarden in Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania
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Date
2015
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Sokoine University of Agriculture
Abstract
The Chagga homegarden agro forest i-y system is a multi-storeyed land use system evolved
over several decades through a gradual transformation of the natural forest on the
footslopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. Chagga homegardens have been declining steadily over
the years, a trend that is likely to continue for some foreseeable future. Thus the cross
sectional study design was employed during September 2012- May 2013 to assess the
roles of local institutions on the performance of Chagga homegarden and explore
sustainability of this system. Socio-economic, institutional and spatial data were collected
using semi structured questionnaires together with checklist during focus group
discussion. The spatial data were analyzed by using ERDAS Imagine 2011 and ArcGIS
10.0 software program. Qualitative data were analyzed using content analysis while
descriptive and inferential statistic analyses were applied using SPSS version 16.0.
In evaluating homegarden performance, Ordinary Least square method of regression was
used to assess the effects of social economic factors on the production performance of
Chagga homegarden. The findings indicate that leadership, conflict resolution, land and
livestock based, health and beliefs and recreational institutions exist which seem to relate
directly or indirectly to management of Chagga homegarden. Despite the advent of
modernity and formal institutions, informal institutions remain relevant to performance of
Chagga homegarden. The Chagga homegarden has undergone some changes which
resulted into land cover change between 1987-1995 and 1995-2013. Homegarden cover
decreased by 70.42% in 1995-2013 a trend that is likely to lead to disappearance of
homegardens in some foreseeable future. Education level, access to extension services
and number of milked cow were the socio-economic factors found to enable the
production performance while distance to the market and small businesses were factors
constraining the production performance of Chagga homegarden. Encouraging interaction
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Degree of Masters of Science in Land Use Planning and Management
Keywords
Chagga homegarden agro forestry system, Chagga homegarden, Land uses characterizing Chagga homegardens